Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics
than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we
have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been
spiritually sick.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64

As I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is easy to gloss
over the wrong that I have done, because I can easily see it as a
question of "getting even" for a wrong done to me. If I continue to
relive my old hurt, it is a resentment and resentment bars the sunlight
from my soul.
If I continue to relive hurts and hates, I will hurt and hate myself.
After years in the dark of resentments, I have found the sunlight. I
must let go of resentments; I cannot afford them.

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day

A.A. Thought For The Day

A police captain once told about certain cases he had come
across in his police work. The cause of the tragedy in each
case was drunkenness. He told his audience about a man who
got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat
her to death. Then he went out and drank some more. The police
captain also told about a woman who got too near the edge of
an old quarry hole when she was drunk and fell one hundred
and fifty feet to her death. When I read or hear these stories,
do I think about our motto: "But for the grace of God"?

Meditation For The Day

I must keep balance by keeping spiritual things at the center
of my life. God will give me this poise and balance if I pray
for it. This poise will give me power in dealing with the lives
of others. This balance will manifest itself more and more in
my own life. I should keep material things in their proper place
and keep spiritual things at the center of my life. Then I will
be at peace amid the distractions of everyday living.

Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may dwell with God at the center of my life.
I pray that I may keep that inner peace at the center of
my being.

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As Bill Sees It

Our New
Employer, p. 104

We had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we
needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well.

Established on such a footing, we became less and less interested in
ourselves, our little plans and designs. More and more we became
interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.

As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we
discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of
His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the
hereafter. We were reborn.

Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 63

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Walk in Dry Places

What causes a binge?
Understanding honesty.
In the foggy world of drinking, we were sometimes confused about cause
and effect. A person might think of a binge as having been caused
by a fight with his or her spouse. The real truth, however, is
that he or she provoked the fight in order to get out of the house to
launch a drinking spree. It was really the need to drink that caused
the fight, and not the reverse, as the alcoholic believes.
We must always understand that the compulsion to drink is the root
cause of every binge. We may blame certain things that seemed to
trigger a drunk, but it is always our own compulsion that gives force
to such an action. Nonalcoholics have the same human experiences we do,
but such things do not cause them to have binges.
Seasoned AA members are trained by their experience to detect and
defuse these false causes. "There are excuses but never good reasons
for drinking," they say. We always drink because we want to drink, not
because another's actions forced us into it.
Once we've established real sobriety, we also learn to identify the
excuses and devices that helped us blame our binges on other people and
conditions. We learn that we are always responsible for
maintaining our own sobriety.
I intend to get along with everybody today and to meet all conditions
and circumstances in a mature manner. Nothing can trigger a binge
but my own desire to take a drink.

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Keep It Simple

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.---Hugh Prather
Even in recovery, we addicts often feel we are not enough. Maybe
it's leftover shame from our using days. But we are enough. We are of
great value. We all need each other to stay sober.
Each of us needs other recovering people to help us remember the hell
of
addiction. We can forget how bad it was, but telling our stories makes
us
remember. When you feel you don't want to stay sober for yourself, then
stay sober for your brothers and sisters in the program. They need
you.
You're their recovery, as they're yours. There may be days you don't
feel
glad to be sober. But your friends in this fellowship are glad you're
sober. They thank-you for your sobriety
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, may Your will, not mine, be
done.
Action For the Day: I'll stop and think of all the people I'm
glad for. I'll start telling
them today.***********************************************************Each Day a New Beginning

Only those who dare, truly live. --Ruth P. Freedman
We receive from life, from every experience, from each interaction
according to what we have given. When we commit ourselves fully to an
experience, it will bless us. When we give ourselves wholly to any
moment, our awareness of reality will be heightened. When we risk
knowing someone else, truly knowing them, we will find ourselves.
How common, and how unfortunate, that so many of us "escape" life! We
escape through hiding, hiding from ourselves and others. We fear
self-disclosure, our own and someone else's. Before choosing
abstinence, our escape was easier. Now, the Steps make escape hard,
fortunately.
Having a sponsor--and being one--helps. Taking a Fifth and working the
Twelfth helps. Going to meetings and sharing helps. Our experiences
today won't come around again---in just the same way. The people in our
lives won't say again just what they'll say today. We must not miss out
on what life offers. We can risk feeling it all, hearing it all, seeing
it all.
The riches of a full life are so easily mine, and so deservedly mine.

If the family cooperates, dad will soon see that he is suffering from a
distortion of values. He will perceive that his spiritual growth is
lopsided, that for an average man like himself, a spiritual life which
does not include his family obligations may not be so perfect after
all. If the family will appreciated that dad’s current behavior is but
a phase of his development, all will be well. In the midst of an
understanding and sympathetic family, these vagaries of dad’s spiritual
infancy will quickly disappear.

GROUNDED - Alcohol clipped
this pilot's
wings until sobriety and hard work brought him back to the sky.

It was almost beyond my ability to believe that the president of the
airline could ever consider having me work for them again. I
marveled at the courage of such a man and such an airline. What
if I relapsed? What if I flew drunk again? The media would
have a field day. For days afterward, as I awoke each morning, my
first thought was that it had only been a dream, that it could not
possibly have occurred.

It
is significant, now that almost no A.A. in our Fellowship breaks
anonymity at the public level, that nearly all these fears have
subsided. We see that we have no right or need to discourage A.A.'s who
wish to work as individuals in these wider fields. It would be actually
antisocial were we to forbid them. We cannot declare A.A. such a closed
corporation that we keep our knowledge and experience top secret. If an
A.A. member acting as a citizen can become a better researcher,
educator, personnel officer, then why not? Everybody gains, and we have
lost nothing. True, some of the projects to which A.A.'s have attached
themselves have been ill-conceived, but that makes not the slightest
difference with the principle involved.

p. 171

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May
I
sit
comfortably
in
silence,
so
that I can hear Gods
words.
--SweetyZee

Be thankful for each and every morning. Enjoy life and don't worry
about things that won't matter in 10 years anyway.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.
--Albert Einstein

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the
life in
your years.
--Abraham Lincoln

"One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of
attention." --Jim Rohn

"Put duties aside at least an hour before bed and perform soothing,
quiet activities that will help you relax."
--Dianne Hales

"If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive
others?"
--Dolores Huerta

"Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely."
--Thomas P. Murphy

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and
over and over again, but expecting a different result."
--Albert Einstein

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Father Leo's Daily Meditation

LIFE

"May you live all the days of your life."
--Jonathan Swift

I heard a story that offers a key to the meaning of spirituality:
Two little fish were huddled together, afraid to move. A large fish
swam by them, confident and strong. The big fish shouted out to the
two little fish, "Why don't you swim out and enjoy the beautiful
ocean?" The two little fish looked at each other and asked, "Where is
the ocean?" They were in it but they didn't know it!

As an alcoholic I existed in life but I didn't live: I missed vacations,
people, friendships, feelings, nature, sunsets and God. Like so many
addicts, I was numbered amongst the "walking dead". Today I
continue to make a spiritual choice that avoids alcohol and I am able to
feel again. Today I am alive.

In You I live to love and love to live.

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"It is
better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."
Psalms 118:8

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an
example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in
purity."
I Timothy 4:12

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:32***********************************************************

Daily Inspiration
Start the day with prayer and a commitment to conquer any difficulties
that happen and a firmer commitment to not let them conquer you. Lord,
bless me with all that I need to make the best of every situation.

Celebrate your creativity. You are a child of the Great Creator,
created in His image. Lord, may I touch others because of the gifts
with which you have blessed me.

Why do we call them "shortcomings?"
Perhaps they should be called "long-goings" because that's often what
it takes for them to fade from our lives. Some of us feel that our
shortcomings are the very characteristics that saved our lives when we
used. If this is true, then it is little wonder that we sometimes cling
to them like old, dear friends.

If we are having trouble with
resentment, anger, or fear, we may want to envision what our lives
could be like without these troubling defects. Asking ourselves why we
react in a certain manner can sometimes root out the fear at the core
of our conduct. "Why am I afraid to step beyond these aspects of my
personality?" we ask ourselves. "Am I afraid of who I will be without
these attributes?"

Once we have uncovered our fear, we
are able to move beyond it. We try to imagine what our lives could be
like without some of our more glaring shortcomings. This gives us a
feeling for what lies past our fear, providing the motivation we need
to push through it. Our Higher Power offers us a new vision for our
lives, free of our defects. That vision is the essence of our own best,
brightest dreams for ourselves. We need not fear that vision.

Just for today: I will imagine what my
life would be like without my character defects. I will ask for the
willingness to have God remove my shortcomings.

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You are reading from the book Today's
Gift.There the penitents took off their
shoes And walked barefoot the remaining mile. --Robert LowellSome people have to have pain. If dirt
doesn't fall on their heads from the sky, they sulk in corners and hope
their flesh turns to dust. They do everything the hard way, even when
they know better, and often complain and accuse others for their pain.
For people like this, even the song of a bird is a bother. It's better
to smile when people like that accuse. It's better to wear shoes when
walking on stones, better to take the shortest way. There is weeping
and wailing enough in the world, dumps full of worn-out guilt and
remorse. When the bird sings, it's better to look up and see that it
beats its wings not to punish itself, but to fly.Do I pity myself when I could be
flying?

You are reading from the book
Touchstones.A person who is looking for something
doesn't travel very fast. --E. B. WhiteWhat do men really want? What are we
seeking? Many of us have felt driven and still feel restless or
compulsive at times. We frantically followed our impulses to
self-destructive extremes. Even those painful actions of our past were
motivated, at the bottom line, by a spiritual search. What did we
really seek in the bottle, or in the passionate bed, or in our work?
Slowing down enough every day to let ourselves know what we are looking
for gives us a much better chance of finding it.Today we can slow down by taking
twenty minutes for solitude and quiet, for meditation or prayer. We can
call a friend simply for a moment of contact. We might read something
to give ourselves some ideas to ponder, or we can listen to music which
will transport us to another world. Perhaps we can simply walk more
slowly from our cars or the bus stop to our homes. Often it is not the
events in our lives that bring change but the space between events.Today, I will try to remember that
slowing down may help me find what I am seeking.

You are reading from the book Each Day
a New Beginning.Only those who dare, truly live.
--Ruth P. FreedmanWe receive from life, from every
experience, from each interaction according to what we have given. When
we commit ourselves fully to an experience, it will bless us. When we
give ourselves wholly to any moment, our awareness of reality will be
heightened. When we risk knowing someone else, truly knowing them, we
will find ourselves.How common, and how unfortunate, that
so many of us "escape" life! We escape through hiding, hiding from
ourselves and others. We fear self-disclosure, our own and someone
else's. Before choosing abstinence, our escape was easier. Now, the
Steps make escape hard, fortunately.Having a sponsor--and being
one--helps. Taking a Fifth and working the Twelfth helps. Going to
meetings and sharing helps. Our experiences today won't come around
again---in just the same way. The people in our lives won't say again
just what they'll say today. We must not miss out on what life offers.
We can risk feeling it all, hearing it all, seeing it all.The riches of a full life are so
easily mine, and so deservedly mine.

You are reading from the book The
Language of Letting Go.PerfectionismRecovery from codependency is an
individual process that necessitates making mistakes, struggling
through problems, and facing tough issues.Expecting ourselves to be perfect
slows this process; it puts us in a guilty and anxious state. Expecting
others to be perfect is equally destructive; it makes others feel
ashamed and may interfere with their growth.People are human and vulnerable, and
that is wonderful. We can accept and cherish that idea. Expecting
others to be perfect puts us in that codependent state of moral
superiority. Expecting ourselves to be perfect makes us feel rigid and
inferior.We can let go of both ideas.We do not need to go to the other
extreme; tolerating anything people throw our way. We can still expect
appropriate, responsible behavior from ourselves. But most of us can
afford to loosen up a bit. And when we stop expecting others to be
perfect, we may discover that they're doing much better than we
thought. When we stop expecting ourselves to be perfect, well discover
the beauty in ourselves.Today, I will practice tolerance,
acceptance, and love of others as they are, and myself as I am. I will
strive for that balance between expecting too much and expecting too
little from others and myself.

Today I am growing in my awareness
that my mind, body and spirit need exercise and nourishment. Through
prayer and meditation, exercise and reading, I am developing a personal
program for physical, mental and spiritual growth. --Ruth Fishel

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Journey To The Heart

Relax

Too often out of sheer habit we
tighten up, tense up, and then approach life from that stance. When we
have something to do, our automatic response may be to tense up–
shoulders and neck strained, back bent and cramped, breathing shallow.
But anything that needs to be done can be done better if we’re relaxed.

Learn to relax. Program your body,
each part of it, to let go and be at ease. Allow yourself to come into
your natural posture and alignment. Learn to relax until moving,
acting, speaking, being all come naturally from this relaxed place.

Find activities that help you do this.
A hot bath. A massage. Sunning. Walking. Meditating. Teach yourself to
become aware of how your body feels during these activities. Memorize
that feeling. Practice relaxing until you can recall that memory and
carry it throughout your day.

Periodically thoughout the day, take a
few moments to check your tension level. If you find any part of your
body tense, take a few more moments to consciously relax that part.
Visualize warmth and ease flooding any part of your body that has
become tight or is in pain. Let the tension, the stress, the blocks
drain out from top to bottom. Your body wants to relax. It wants to
become comfortable. It wants to heal itself.

Empty your mind of tense thoughts, and
let it follow your body into relaxation and calm. Allow your mind to
become still. Quietly accept each thought, then release it. Breathe in
comforting, healing energy. Breathe it into your mind, into each cell
of your body. Breathe out stress, strain, discomfort, and fear. Don’t
resist what you are feeling or thinking. Accept it, then release it.
Just as water cannot pass naturally through a pinched hose, your vital
life force cannot flow freely through you if you are cramped and tense.

Honor the life force that is in you,
that flows through you. Honor it by relaxing, opening to it, and
inviting it to surge through your body.

The techniques of relaxation will
refresh, restore, and recharge you, so that you can do all you need to
do with more power and vigor than before. Anything that needs to be
done can be done better if you’re relaxed.

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More Language Of Letting Go

What do you want?

“I went to the grocery store to pick
up a few things,” a friend said. “I stood in front of the condiments
section, staring at the pickles and olives. What I really wanted was
the olives. What I bought was the pickles. It wasn’t about the cost,”
he said. “It was about deliberately depriving myself of what I want.”

Sometimes things happen in life. We’ve
talked about that before. We start out with good intentions about what
we want: a family, health, a modicum of success in our career. Then
something unforeseen rips it away. Maybe our family life as a child was
destroyed when someone in the family got sick or died. Maybe this
happened later in life– when we were betrayed by a spouse.

We may not be able to have everything
we want in life. And we may sometimes get things we thought we wanted,
then change our mind. But we still don’t have to torture ourselves by
telling ourselves that we can’t have what we want.

What do you want? Do you know? Or have
you shut that part of yourself down? Yes, we all have times of
discipline. And there’s much to be learned by denying ourselves, at
certain times, of certain pleasures. It’s not good to want something or
someone so much that desire runs and rules our lives. And sometimes
wanting what we can’t have can make life more interesting.

But it’s okay to open our hearts to
ourselves and be clear about what we want in our small and larger
choices. Learn to master desire.

Open your heart to what you want. Then
say it. Pickles or olives, which will it be?

God, teach me to master my desires.
Grant me the wisdom to know when something needs to be off-limits for
me, and when I am unnecessarily depriving myself of the pleasures and
joys here on earth.

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The Mirroring WorldWe Are Like Nature

Nature is a mirror, inspiring and
teaching us, deepening our sense of belonging in the world. Wherever
you look, you can see that our patterns and the patterns of the natural
world are the same. You can find this resonance in every form, from
molecules to plants and animals and to planets. We live our lives
according to the same principles as the trees, the mountains, the
clouds, and the birds.

We begin our lives in the womb, folded
in on ourselves like the bud of a flower. We can see our whole lives in
the mirror of this natural form. When we emerge from the womb, we
slowly begin our unfolding, just as the flower begins to open its
petals. At its prime, the flower draws many insects to it and also the
eyes of appreciative humans. When the flower’s petals begin to fade and
its life cycle comes to an end, it ceases to hold itself upright and
returns to the earth. Traditionally, we return to the earth, just as
all plants and animals do. Like flowers, we leave behind seeds in the
forms of children and other gifts only we could have given. They
continue to unfold even after we are gone. Rebirth is encoded into our
lives, and death is just one part of the cycle.

Look around you, and you will find
connection and insight. Notice how your moods shift from one to another
like the sky shifts from bright blue to turbulent grays. Your thoughts
are like clouds, appearing, changing shape, passing through, and then
disappearing without a trace. The rain cleanses the sky, just as an
emotional release cleanses your mind. The sky itself is your eternal
awareness, unchanging underneath all these permutations. Let it reflect
back to you your own abiding perfection.

As you walk through the world, find
your own metaphors for connectedness in nature. Flesh them out fully
and follow them as they lead you through the mystery and intelligence
of life. Published with permission from Daily OM

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A Day At A Time

Reflection For The Day

Every man and woman who has joined The
Program and intends to stick around has, without realizing it, made a
beginning on Step Three. Isn’t it true that, in all matters related to
their addictions, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over
to the care, protection, and guidance of The Program? So already a
willingness has been achieved to cast out one’s own will and one’s own
ideas about the addiction in favor of those suggested by The Program.
If this isn’t turning one’s will and life over to a new-found
“Providence,” then what is it? Have I had a spiritual awakening as the
results of The Steps?

Today I Pray

For myself, I pray for a God-centered
life. I think Him often for the spiritual awakening. I have felt since
I turned my awakening I have felt since I turned my life over to Him.
May the words “spiritual awakening” be a clue to others that there is a
free fund of spiritual power within each person. It must only be
discovered.

Today I Will Remember

I will try to be God-centered.

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One More Day

You are the handicap you must face.
You are the one who must choose your place. – James Allen

Each of us carries a handicap,
although some handicaps are more obvious than others. They can be
physical limitations, but they can also be emotions, feelings, or
attitudes that impede the full enjoyment and promise of living. A
handicap may be an image problem or dismay at how we walk or talk, or
it could be chronic illness. And we certainly can have more than one
handicap.

A full life depends on our ability to
cope with our difficulties and to decide whether any of them are
self-imposed. We haven’t chosen all our limitations — physical or
emotional — but we can choose to strip our lives of the ones we’ve
created. And we can choose how we will respond to the others.

I will define my special place in the
world, and I will try to meet my own best expectations.

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One Day At A Time

FEARLESS“As we felt new power flow in, as we
enjoyed peace of mind,as we discovered we could face life
successfully,as we became conscious of His presence,we began to lose our fear of today,
tomorrow or the hereafter.” The Big Book

I refuse to be frightened to the point
of missing the opportunities my Higher Power has provided for me. I
will no longer hurt myself by avoiding being hurt. When I avoid risks
because I'm afraid the outcome will be painful, I am stuck – not safe.

By working my program I have
discovered that many times when I'm engulfed in fear, I am not trusting
my Higher Power. The more I practice the Serenity Prayer, the more
serene I become. From my new perspective I can see numerous occasions
in which my Higher Power did things for me which I could not do by
myself. Possibly a doomed relationship I couldn't end, and my Higher
Power ended for me by having the other person walk away. Maybe a
financial crisis that was suddenly alleviated from an unexpected
source. How about the ability to detach from a loved one's issues
without feeling responsible for "fixing" everything or taking their
struggles personally. In order to surrender my control over these
things, I choose to be fearless in trusting my Higher Power.

Today I will be grateful even for the
painful times because sometimes they are the lesser of two hurts: the
easiest being when God steps in to protect me, and the hardest being
when my will prevents me from letting go of something that isn't good
for me.

One day at a time...I will trust my Higher Power and know
that where I am today is right where I need to be. I don't have to have
all the answers.~ Sandee S.

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AA 'Big Book' - Quote

Argument and fault-finding are to be
avoided like the plague. - Pg. 98 - Working With Others

Hour To Hour - Book - Quote

Just for today, live in the now. It's
a 24 hour program and you only have to worry about this hour. This hour
you are clean and in the right place looking for and accepting help.

Grant me the patience to accept this
hour of abstinence without reservation.

It's the Little Things

It's the little things that count,
that add up to make a life, that weave themselves into the fabric of my
day and make it feel whole. My morning routines, the activities of my
day the people I encounter and share my time with. Little things like a
pleasant walk, exercise, my daily errands and even eating my favorite
foods all come together to make my day. As I move through my day today,
I will take time to notice and be grateful for whatever gives me
pleasure. I will say a quiet thank you for all that life is handing me.

I have an Attitude of Gratitude

- Tian Dayton PhD

Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote

Everyday in our lives is not going to
be perfect just because we are not drinking or drugging. The best way
we know of to treat PMS (Poor Me Syndrome) is get rid of the words 'It
ain't fair' and 'Why me?'

God does not owe me happiness because
I no longer am an intolerant, abusive, self-centered, practicing addict.

"Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" - Book

You may not always know what is right
but you sure know what is wrong.

Time for Joy - Book - Quote

Today I am growing in my awareness
that my mind, body and spirit need exercise and nourishment. Through
prayer and meditation, exercise and reading, I am developing a personal
program for physical, mental and spiritual growth.

Alkiespeak - Book - Quote

There are thousands who have come to
AA and tried to change that Big Book. The key is David; Let that book
change you.' - David O's sponsor.

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AA Thought for the Day

April 14

UnderstandingGradually, however, God began to clear
my channelsso that real understanding began to
come.Then was the time when full
realization and acknowledgement came to me.It was realization and acknowledgement
of the fact that I was full of self-pityand resentment, realization that I had
not fully given my problems to God.I was still trying to do my own fixing.- Experience, Strength and Hope, p. 22

Thought to Ponder . . .Get it - Give it - Grow in it.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .A A = Achieve Anything.

~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Selfishness"Selfishness - self-centeredness!That, we think, is the root of our
troubles.Driven by a hundred forms of fear,self-delusion, self-seeking, and
self-pity,we step on the toes of our fellows and
they retaliate.Sometimes they hurt us,seemingly without provocation,but we invariably find that at some
time in the pastwe have made decisions based on selfwhich later placed us in a position to
be hurt.So our troubles, we think,are basically of our own making."Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62

Thought to Consider . . .Spirituality is the abilityto get our minds off ourselves.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*BUTBeing Unconvinced Totally

*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*

HealthFrom "The Family Afterward":"A body badly burned by alcohol does
not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression
vanish in a twinkling. We are convinced that a
spiritual mode of living is a most powerful health restorative. We, who
have recovered from serious drinking, are
miracles of mental health. Hardly one of our crowd now shows any mark
of dissipation."But this does not mean that we
disregard human health measures. God has abundantly supplied this world
with fine doctors, psychologists, and
practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to take your health
problems to such persons."2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition;
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 133

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"We are sure there must be a million
alcoholics who would join Alcoholics Anonymous tomorrow if only they
knew what we do. We keenly realize that any
fundamental disunity among us could instantly disillusion tens of
thousands who would again turn their faces to the
wall. Hence those disruptions common to great wealth, power, or
controversy ought never be for us. Too many of the
'million who don't yet know' would surely die"AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1949"We Approach Maturity" The Language of the Heart

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve
Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"So our troubles, we think, are
basically of our own making. Theyarise out of ourselves, and the
alcoholic is an extreme example ofself-will run riot, though he usually
doesn't think so."~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
How It Works, pg. 62~

And the facts seem to be these: The
more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more
independent we actually are.-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p.
36

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Our New EmployerWe had a new Employer. Being all
powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and
performed His work well.Established on such a footing, we
became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and
designs. More and more we became interested in seeing
what we could contribute to life.As we felt new power flow in, as we
enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life
successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we
began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter. We were
reborn. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 63

Prayer For The Day: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for
showing me the lighted way when my path was so very dark. Please
continue to guide me with your light and be my hope in the darkness.

Ask
and you shall receive,Seek and ye shall find,Knock and it shall be opened unto you.Matthew 7:7

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